VUMC People

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Because of him we are better parents.’

Jacob Pooser, RN, works in the Pediatric Intensive Care unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

Melissa Duff named chair of Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

She is nationally recognized for her research to understand and improve long-term outcomes of individuals with acquired brain injury.

Ed Zavala, longtime administrator of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, to retire

Zavala was the first to receive the Leader in Transplant Administration Award from the OPTN/UNOS Transplant Administrators Committee for his significant contributions to and positive impact on the field.

By Bill Snyder

May 28, 2025

Vanderbilt LifeFlight receives four EMS Star of Life Awards

The annual awards honor heroic actions by emergency medical services providers who gave exemplary care to both adult and pediatric patients.

By Lindsay Anderson

May 21, 2025

For Jessica Jackson, urology isn’t just her area of expertise; it’s her ‘happy place’

The Credo Award winner became a certified surgical technologist after receiving life-changing advice from her mother.

By Danny Bonvissuto

New Academy for Excellence in Educations members include, from left, Gisella Carranza Leon, MD; Megan Dupuis, MD, PhD; Alvin Jeffery, PhD, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC; Mackenzie Mosera, MAT, MS, MPH, CGC; Anuj Patel, MD; Uchenna Anani, MD; Kristopher Kast, MD; Stacy Killen, MD, MSCI; and Kaitlin Ray, MD. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

May 21, 2025

Academy for Excellence in Education announces 2025 award winners and new members

The mission of the academy is to enhance the educational environment in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.